The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1887-12-10
uINIMs SUMMARY.
Good Reports from Outside Camps.
Mining 0ote2
AN OUTSIDE OPINION.

Mr.. Herbert Lang, who recently
visited Ketchum, has an interesting
article, occupying three columns
in the Oregonian, devoted to Wood
River. which he designates as the
most important mining district in
the northwest. Mr.. Lang is one
fully competent to judge of the
merits of mineral bearing coun-
try, and the mass of information
regarding the character of our ores,
the subject of shipping and work
ing the same, the question of freight
rates and the general geological
formation of the district, shows
that he was a close observer during
the period Of his short visit here.
Referring to the reduction of ores
he says: The works of the P. & /.
Company at Ketchum rank among
the most elaborate and perfect in
the west. Elsewhere in Idaho,
Washington and Oregon, you will
find nothing to compare with them,
and in fact there is nothing else
worthy Of mention. If we should
count the small works at BayhOrse,
Clayton, South Mountain, Milo and
NichOlai, and add the embryo es-
Establishments at Portland and Taco
ma to the total, the result will not
equal the great smelters of the Phil
adelphia & Idaho Company at
Ketchum, nor will their united cost
approach that. Mr.. Lang's article
is but the first of series that he
intends to write concerning Wood
River mines, and they will certainly
be an interesting addition to the
written history of the entire district.
THE BLACK MARIA MINE.
The mining outlook of Mineral
district, located in Washington
county, about twenty-five miles
from Weiscr City, is attracting
some attention, and the outlook is
of most promising nature. The
records of the district show that
there have been three hundred and
thirty-four locations made, the
most prominent Of which are the
Black Maria and Black Hawk.
The former has been in litigation
for five years past, and about the
first of September last Mr.. Joseph
Pinkham of Ketchum, who had
been interested in the property for
some time, succeeded in getting j.
w. Huston, T. E. Logan and John
Huntoon of Boise City to purchase
all the conflicting interests, and
thus quoting the title. The Black
Maria lies 1900 feet above the sea
level, and at no time during the
winter months is the progress Of
the work impeded by snow as is so
often the case in higher attitudes.
bennett creek, which passes through
the district, affords ample water
facilities both for mining and mill
Ing purposes, and passes close un
der the Maria dump where there
are several hundred tons of ore al
ready extracted, and there are said
to be six thousand tons of ore ac-
tually in sight within the mine
The development work on this
property consists of an incline at
the apex which is now down a dis
lance of 16O feet, six feet in width
and eight feet in hight. This in
cline passes through solid ore its
entire length, which will show an
average assay of from 33 to 100
ounces in silver. Since the prop
erty has come into the possession
of Pinkham e. Co., the owners have
run a tunnel some 200 feet below
the incline, following the vein in
80 feet. In the prosecution of this
work it is estimated that fully 200
tons of ore were taken to the dump
which will average fifty ounces in
silver. The Black Maria without
any further work being done shows
itself to be veritable bonanza, and
it is the excellent showing made in
this mine that has attracted the at
tention of operators and given new
life to Mineral district.
ALTON DISTRICT.
The Cleveland and Anchor mines
in Alton district, Idaho county, the
principal owner in which is K. j.
McPhee, formerly foreman at the
Minnie Moore mine, has been bon
ded for 100000 to a syndicate of
st. Louis capitalists headed by DR..
J. NJ. Merrill, a heavy stakeholder
in the Granite Mountain mine OF
Montana. The Mountain View
mine, in the same district, owned
by Chris. Johnson, David Sterrett,
John Gowan and Charles Wright,
is said to be fast becoming a valu-
able property, and it is expected
will shortly fall into the hands OF
the parties who have bonded the
Cleveland an Anchor mines. The
silver rock averages 100 ounces
while the gold sulphurets run to
1920 in gold and $50 ounces in sill
yer per ton. An effort is to be made
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